# rm-rt

**Repository Path**: Velcon-Zheng/rm-rt

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: rm-rt
- **Description**: A tool  to avoid  deleting files or directories with commands rm by mistake，and set a self-cleaning recycling station in linux system or others.
- **Primary Language**: Shell
- **License**: GPL-3.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-05-25
- **Last Updated**: 2025-11-07

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

---
# rm-rt
#### A tool to avoid deleting files or directories with command rm by mistake.
#### Set a self-cleaning recycling station in linux system or others.
---

## 1. Introduction
####   1.1 It is designed to replace old command [rm](http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/rm.1.html) without having to delete it.
####   1.2 It can avoid deleting files or directories with old command rm by mistake.
####   1.3 You can continue to use new 'rm' to delete files or directories, and it will move the target file or directory to 
####    a trash directory instead of directly deleting them. 
####   1.4 Besides, you can set the time to automatically empty the trash directory.
#
## 2. Installation
####  2.1 git clone https://github.com/Velcon-Zheng/rm-rt.git
####  2.2 you can simply run sh install.sh to install rt:
```sh
  cd rm-rt-master
  sh install.sh     or    sh install.for_China.sh
```
####      Then, you can set the trash folder and Software bin folder:
```sh
  Enter Your trash folder: ***
  Enter Your Software bin folder: ***
```
####      Next, the installation is running:
```sh
  Your trash folder is ***
  Your Software bin folder is ***
  
  Good jobs! 
  Installation of rm-rt is finished!
```
####     You also can manually install rm-rt by 2.3-2.6;
####  2.3 cp  rm-rt/rt to your directory;
####  2.4 vim rt, set your trash directory and your global path of rt, the default is ~/zwg.trash;
####  2.5 echo 'alias rm="your-directory/rt"'  >>  ~/.bashrc ; source  ~/.bashrc;
####  2.6 [crontab](https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/linux-crontab/) -e , write '0 0 * * 0 rm -rf /your-trash-directory/*';
####    [This is optional and you can set the time to automatically empty your-trash-directory.](https://www.rosehosting.com/blog/linux-crontab/)
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## 3. Usage 
####  You can use the 'rm' or 'rt' command to do the following.
####  3.1 Delete files or directories, and you can recover them if you continue to need.
```sh
touch test.file ; mkdir test.directory
rm    test.file  test.directory 
Finished: have moved the target file or directory to '$trash directory'
```
#####
####  3.2 You can recover target file or directory when you need.
```sh
rm rec  test.file  test.directory
Finished: have recover the target file or directory from '$trash directory'
```
#####
#####   3.3 Permanently delete files or directories
```sh
touch test.file ; mkdir test.directory
rm del    test.file  test.directory
Are you sure to permanently delete files or directories? Y/N
```
#####     If you input Y or yes, the test.file and test.directory are permanently deleted 
```sh
Warning: have permanently deleted the target file or directory
```
#####     If you input N or no, the test.file and test.directory are be moved to trash directory.
```sh
Finished: have moved the target file or directory to '$trash directory'
```
#
## 4. Thanks
####  Thanks to Prof. Fan, Prof. Liu and others for their teaching knowledge of programming.
####  Thanks to the network for providing many learning resources.
#
## 5. Getting Help
####  Please use the GitHub's Issues page if you have questions. You may also directly contact WeigangZheng at zwg2016@yeah.net 
####  Date: 2020-04-05